Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

When, in a programming language, you say

b = a

one of two things can happen:

1. a and b are the same object, so changing one changes the other, or
2. b is an independent copy of a.

1 uses less memory, but can lead to surprising behavior.

If I understand correctly, R does something stranger: a and b are the same object, but a copy is made *later* if either of them is modified.

Is this a clever way to get the best of both worlds, or is it perilous?

#rstats #ComputerScience

Actually, Frankenstein is the doctor. The creature only has a monster's degree.

Two #jobs open at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR:

Adjunct professor to teach Algorithms in fall 2022:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1--JYpwbp1mPD4Z74snQtRi0dOQqrlNYW/view

Computer science lab technician:

https://lewisandclark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff/details/Computer-Science-Lab-Technician_R-002724

Please boost.

@librarianguish I'm fantasizing that the Fire Arts club will be able to perform with actual fire at New Student Orientation in the fall. For about five years the fire marshal has nixed it due to excess landscape crispiness.

@todayilearned@botsin.space This is actually Mark's twin brother, Scott. https://people.com/human-interest/astronaut-scott-kelly-reveals-real-story-behind-viral-video-gorilla-suit-aboard-space-station/

For someone raised on Vulcan, Michael Burnham sure gives a lot of tearful speeches.

Despite my huge territory at the bottom, the greedy 115 cost me the game.

#go #igo #weiqi #baduk

Two attempts at a two-minute sketch. The object in front is a score counter.

#MastoArt #drawing #StillLife

Two interesting things spotted the other day:

- On the door of a public park port-a-potty, a pair of baby footprints in light green paint.

- In a grocery store parking lot, some scraps of a torn-up personal check for $20,000.

One wonders about the stories behind these.

#FoundArt #WritingPrompts

@vwbusguy I'm finding it sonewhat harder to find people here. Also, of course, few people I know IRL are here.